RNDr. Marek Šmejkal, Ph.D.

My current research topic deals with causes and consequences of various migration strategies of cyprinid fish - asp. Males of this species are protandric, meaning that they arrive earlier and leave the spawning ground later on the seasonal and also partly on daily basis. Because cyprinid fish species have generally good sense of olfaction, asp ongoing project will also investigate whether females communicate their readiness to spawn to males by pheromone release, as was described e.g. in goldfish.

Curriculum vitae

2007-2010 BSc. Faculty of Science of Charles University in Prague, CR(Thesis: The importance of various types of habitats in reservoirs for fish).

2010-2013 MSc. Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia, CR (Thesis: The importance of various types of littoral habitats for fish in reservoirs).

2013-2017 PhD. student, Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia, CR (Thesis:Ecology of top fish predators, European catfish and asp, with consequences to fish communities)

supervisor: RNDr. Marie Prchalová, PhD.

Since 2009 part-time job as a student assistant worker at the Institute of Hydrobiology.